tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5241296428946234061.post4216927888510979669..comments2017-09-24T22:25:21.015-07:00Comments on Play Counts: The Deconstructed CalendarDenita Dingerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06595550669709851195noreply@blogger.comBlogger29125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5241296428946234061.post-52206114189886695032017-08-05T10:44:36.745-07:002017-08-05T10:44:36.745-07:00My community has a group called Educare that visit...My community has a group called Educare that visits local child care centers to offer training, advice, and supplies. They suggested that we not do calendar time with the preschoolers, for many of the reasons you discussed. However, as far as I know, they didn&#39;t offer any alternatives such as linear calendars. I have just had the calendar up in my room but don&#39;t spend any time discussing it with the group, and it felt weird to me. I plan to implement a linear calendar soon and discuss the change with the Educare ladies :) Annanoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5241296428946234061.post-10629837245945080762017-07-31T12:28:53.403-07:002017-07-31T12:28:53.403-07:00You could make a wooden base, or burlap?You could make a wooden base, or burlap?Denita Dingerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06595550669709851195noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5241296428946234061.post-854724915529315682017-07-31T09:32:43.678-07:002017-07-31T09:32:43.678-07:00I am interested in trying the deconstructed calend...I am interested in trying the deconstructed calendar with my class this year. I am also trying to create a Reggio inspired environment. I&#39;m interested in what you did for a more natural look.Jeanine Bartleyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00832758870599358234noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5241296428946234061.post-89399205345163207702017-01-22T22:54:25.080-08:002017-01-22T22:54:25.080-08:00This comment has been removed by a blog administrator.Champak Kumarhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06689881133026292180noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5241296428946234061.post-14450997408366086962016-02-19T18:29:32.488-08:002016-02-19T18:29:32.488-08:00In my previous setting I actually bought 5 calenda...In my previous setting I actually bought 5 calendar pocket charts that were only a week long, I hung them all across the whiteboard, the kids LOVED this and it was so meaningful. At the beginning of the month we&#39;d put special days in the pockets...birthdays, etc...and I asked families to let us know of any special events at their homes we could add..moving, family visits etc. I&#39;m in a Reggio-inspired magnet school now, so the big pocket-chart-blue is not appropriate for the aesthetics and I&#39;m trying to come up with something more natural looking. Come and Share a Cup of Teahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10112201393756746467noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5241296428946234061.post-45776803297012218292014-10-03T16:32:11.399-07:002014-10-03T16:32:11.399-07:00Such as great idea! I plan to make changes to use ...Such as great idea! I plan to make changes to use it very soon. Thanks for sharing it.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5241296428946234061.post-44809568910164275312014-09-02T06:09:35.202-07:002014-09-02T06:09:35.202-07:00I am so glad you like it!! Thank you!! (I&#39;m ...I am so glad you like it!! Thank you!! (I&#39;m a bit late at replying to this comment!! I see you wrote this almost a YEAR ago!! Whoopsies!!!)Denita Dingerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06595550669709851195noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5241296428946234061.post-80739146259205854682014-09-02T06:08:50.983-07:002014-09-02T06:08:50.983-07:00Thank you!! My motto is make it meaningful or sk...Thank you!! My motto is make it meaningful or skip it! Young children have one shot at being little -- don&#39;t waste their time on meaningless :)Denita Dingerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06595550669709851195noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5241296428946234061.post-4360146098358752962014-09-02T06:07:29.889-07:002014-09-02T06:07:29.889-07:00Alinda--- on Mondays, we just slide the days of th...Alinda--- on Mondays, we just slide the days of the week sign down so it is over the new week. (we don&#39;t literally slide it, we unstick and move it down. I use poster putty to hang stuff on my wall)Denita Dingerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06595550669709851195noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5241296428946234061.post-32065846439380460542014-09-01T22:07:38.058-07:002014-09-01T22:07:38.058-07:00I think she means that she moves the strip that sa...I think she means that she moves the strip that says &quot;Monday-Tuesday-Wednesday...Saturday Sunday&quot; from hanging over the numbers from the weeks prior to the current week. If you scroll up to the last picture, you&#39;ll see that the kids are standing in front of the days of the week strip hanging over the week&#39;s numbers.Ms. Ginahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13346042085494374105noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5241296428946234061.post-47465191412509776912014-09-01T10:35:46.526-07:002014-09-01T10:35:46.526-07:00OK, I am going to deconstruct my calendar this fal...OK, I am going to deconstruct my calendar this fall so I had to come back and reread your blog about it. My question is: You mentioned something about sliding down the days of the week like the Monday, Tues.... could you explain that a little more? After a long weekend my brain must still be on vacation! Alindahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16022554667740065214noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5241296428946234061.post-36940788700608888672014-08-27T19:09:13.737-07:002014-08-27T19:09:13.737-07:00Nice post, Denita! So wonderful to find other earl...Nice post, Denita! So wonderful to find other early childhood educators who think of ways to make these concepts developmentally appropriate and meaningful.Karen @ PreKindershttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14909150115864575956noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5241296428946234061.post-81555272343848704442013-11-13T11:52:34.712-08:002013-11-13T11:52:34.712-08:00I LOVE this and your whole blog! Thank you, thank ...I LOVE this and your whole blog! Thank you, thank you, thank you! In Our Homehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07464985622420492745noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5241296428946234061.post-79064793627903698682013-08-30T10:21:17.958-07:002013-08-30T10:21:17.958-07:00Mine absolutely LOVE finding stuff! They get so e...Mine absolutely LOVE finding stuff! They get so excited, and what I notice is that the calendar is PLAYED with! Which is WONDERFUL! They will mess up the numbers and challenge each other to fix it etc. -- The calendar is a part of their discussions too, as we approach exciting days like Bdays and Holidays -- as well as a new month -- oh, is that ever exciting! It just MAKES SENSE....which is the goal! :) Thanks for taking the time to comment! <br />Denita Dingerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06595550669709851195noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5241296428946234061.post-39884861108785914452013-08-30T06:39:31.590-07:002013-08-30T06:39:31.590-07:00For a Kindergarten classroom, I think it would be ...For a Kindergarten classroom, I think it would be neat to show the month&#39;s that have passed -- and, perhaps hang photos below of some key things that happened in that month? A linear journal? THANKS for taking the time to comment!! :D Best of luck to you in your new school year!!Denita Dingerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06595550669709851195noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5241296428946234061.post-55990942151002836992013-08-30T06:38:29.067-07:002013-08-30T06:38:29.067-07:00Just please remember to make this a part of child&...Just please remember to make this a part of child&#39;s play -- not a seperate component of the day. The entire process should be owned by the children. My crew LOVES ownership!! THanks for taking the time to comment!! I hope your staff likes it!!Denita Dingerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06595550669709851195noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5241296428946234061.post-40920537286756753532013-08-30T06:37:32.855-07:002013-08-30T06:37:32.855-07:00They of course wonder why it doesn&#39;t start at ...They of course wonder why it doesn&#39;t start at the beginning prior to us moving the name of the days strip back to the beginning of the month -- then they understand. Denita Dingerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06595550669709851195noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5241296428946234061.post-48494833881374150172013-08-30T06:36:13.330-07:002013-08-30T06:36:13.330-07:00Do not feel that you HAVE to do the calendar. I l...Do not feel that you HAVE to do the calendar. I like the way I do it as a daily contact with number recognition....but it is not necessary. Do you read Teacher Tom&#39;s blog? If not, I would recommend it. He had a wonderful post lately about the fact that there are letters and numbers in child&#39;s play EVERYWHERE, we need to relax! :)Denita Dingerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06595550669709851195noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5241296428946234061.post-8416799552238843222013-08-30T06:34:03.001-07:002013-08-30T06:34:03.001-07:00I just hang up the current month at the beginning ...I just hang up the current month at the beginning of the month, and the following month at the end. The children completely understand that we are moving from one month to the next this way.Denita Dingerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06595550669709851195noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5241296428946234061.post-74142545471068729362013-08-29T16:43:33.868-07:002013-08-29T16:43:33.868-07:00Great idea! I just had a conversation with my kind...Great idea! I just had a conversation with my kindergarten teacher colleagues about the traditional calendars and their value at this stage of development. Most of us agreed to use a daily visual schedule rather than month calendar. But now I can use this linear calendar instead. Would it be helpful to put up the months that have already passed around the room, in one long chain, so students can visualize the passage of time? We often count the days of school, but have no visual representation of that total, so it also becomes rote memory rather than a conceptual understanding of the number value. We could also use this number line to measure numbers (eg. How long is 5 days? Is it always the same? How many groups of 5 can we measure in one month? etcMlle Cuthberthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13843344748511038120noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5241296428946234061.post-82208459350318719622013-08-29T11:43:18.820-07:002013-08-29T11:43:18.820-07:00What a great concept! As a supervisor of a presch...What a great concept! As a supervisor of a preschool aged daycare, I have let my staff boycott calendar time, but I love this idea and we are going to start doing calendar again whether they like it or not! ;) Nicki McIlreehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11993677546652650035noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5241296428946234061.post-50972890828848165092013-08-25T19:17:36.792-07:002013-08-25T19:17:36.792-07:00I noticed that your number 1 doesn&#39;t start on ...I noticed that your number 1 doesn&#39;t start on the first square, I&#39;m assuming that&#39;s because the month didn&#39;t start on Sunday. Did you have any questions from the children about all those empty spots before 1?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5241296428946234061.post-27764766098128585962013-07-12T03:29:36.629-07:002013-07-12T03:29:36.629-07:00GREAT IDEA! I abandoned calendar also. Paid a lot ...GREAT IDEA! I abandoned calendar also. Paid a lot of money for the one that I &quot;just had to have&quot; now it is in the closet. :-/ Now we are just doing days of the weeks and months of the year. I have a today is xxxxxxx Poster and we place the day there. But as you said it is mostly recited. I also struggle with removing *calendar time* completely. I like your idea but do not have the wall space you have. As my group gets older I feel the need to bring in back but want a less boring way.Part of me is saying no big deal Kindergarten is soon enough for calendar - and the other part of me misses the routine of it. My group really enjoy it - when it becomes a *chore* I guess I can take it away completely. Unknownhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17494302511885609861noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5241296428946234061.post-10861308758160607532013-07-10T07:21:39.855-07:002013-07-10T07:21:39.855-07:00Awe....thanks!!! When we are away, there are just...Awe....thanks!!! When we are away, there are just MORE numbers to find, and more number order to practice!!! I hide ALL the numbers that we have missed. It&#39;s a grand way to document where the children are with their recognition and order sense, WITHOUT them even knowing! :)Denita Dingerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06595550669709851195noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5241296428946234061.post-4964020656096011532013-07-10T05:44:31.349-07:002013-07-10T05:44:31.349-07:00You are my hero. So excited to deconstruct in the ...You are my hero. So excited to deconstruct in the fall!! How do you handle weekends/days off? Do you put up those numbers?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com